On 10 September 2012, the Committee received correspondence from the Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, which included:

steps taken to date to address both policy and administrative issues related to Fair Work Australia;

future reporting arrangements to monitor FWA's implementation of the recommendations made by KPMG to improve administration of the agency; and

a submission from FWA General Manager, Ms Bernadette O'Neill, detailing initiatives under consideration and/or being implemented by FWA in response to the KPMG Review.

On 31 October 2012, the Committee received further correspondence from the Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, providing the first quarterly report regarding measures taken by FWA to address outstanding policy matters and administrative issues identified as a result of the review of the HSU investigation.